Wednesday, September 11, 2013

News Headlines (360) 9 September 2013

ONLINE TODAY

► The charm you have today has no bounds -- you'll be making people smile left and right, whether you're trying to or not. Obviously, this is a great day to make the most of your interpersonal connections. People will have an incredibly hard time saying no to you right now. So if you're looking for an introduction to a new cutie or powerful business contact, ask away! Your request will not only be honored, but the person you ask will do whatever they can to make it happen. Try to take greater care with your temper today -- it's simply far too easy for you to shake people up when you think you're just venting. It may be hard for you to relate to certain people for now.

► Spy agencies decry latest Snowden revelations
WASHINGTON - Spy agencies said that the latest media revelations based on leaks from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden—which state that the NSA has secretly developed the ability to crack or cirumvent commonplace Internet encryption—will likely damage U.S. and allied intelligence efforts.

► New Australian PM on his bike after election win. Tony Abbott celebrates his election triumph with an early morning bike ride, vowing to "get down to business" and be prime minister for all Australians after a divisive campaign that ends six years of tumultuous Labor rule.

I wonder, how can it be, one can perform by putting his face to make it look convincing in front of the camera -- so that people believe in what he says -- for an event that he himself has never seen it with his own eyes?

Whereas, what is conveyed by him is not a supernatural event, such as an incident when the Prophet received a revelation from God, for example? But this is just about how to say back to the public as what was found by the U.S. intelligence in the field. Well, the intelligence that might never find the real facts but they should still report to their boss, although it can be, the reported facts are all wrong and this honorable gentleman looks confidently to convey all the wrong facts, henceforth they will process the data and make a decision wrong on the basis of mistake. And he is hoping, we here see the ridiculousness of it all with a sense of awe? Yeah? Tell me how? Tell me how to trust this clown so that he will look really funny? At least he can make me smile, even just a little and for a while, maybe?

■ Father of Orphans (RT Documentary). He dreams of Russia and a world without orphans. He has adopted more than 30 children himself and, accompanied by his adoptive sons, Pastor Gennady cycles across Russia to carry his message that everyone who can adopt orphans should.

■ Bombing for Peace: Syria strike better than nothing? (ft. Human Rights Watch CEO). Chemical weapons have horrified mankind since their first widespread use almost a century ago. The world has come to recognize their use as a flagrant violation of international law. As the US once again beats the drums of war towards Syria, we ask how justified such an intervention is, given the conflicting evidence and the widespread opposition to it. Will a strike help stop the war, or will it drag the whole region into a more brutal and protracted conflict? To wrestle over these issues, Oksana is joined by Kenneth Roth, the Executive Director of Human Rights Watch.

► Inside Syria : Can Obama win support for a strike on Syria? US President Barack Obama is still seeking support for military strikes against Bashar al-Assad's forces. Obama says the Syrian regime must be punished for an alleged chemical attack on civilians last month. But he has a long way to go to convince legislators at home, and would-be allies abroad. So who is on what side and for what reasons? Will President Obama be able to convince his allies, the US Congress and the US public to support a strike on Syria? Inside Syria is joined by guests: Richard Murphy, a former US ambassador to Syria and Saudi Arabia; Saleh Mubarak from the Syrian National Council; and Vyacheslav Matuzov, a former Russian diplomat and currently the chairman of the Russian Friendship Society with Arab Countries.

► Talk to Al Jazeera : Peter Singer: A moral case for intervention? Talk to Al Jazeera met one of the world's best known philosophers to talk about, among other issues, the use chemical weapons in Syria and the moral case for military intervention. Is the US right to ignore the deeply divided UN Security Council? And would a war without its authorisation be illegal under international law?

► Assad Denies Ordering Attack
By David Stout - In an interview with Charlie Rose, the Syrian president says there's no evidence linking him to the chemical weapons attack. And a German report claims the military launched the attack without his approval

I do not know why I always leave some empty space in between songs and poetry. I think it is the best place for love to be there forever. For you will always be among them, in between musical tones and beautiful sentences. I'm happy to have a lot of patience to keep looking where you actually are, and get you in the endless waiting for me.

CZ

"Thank you for your perception! I like your romantic side, even if I do not always comment and I'm glad that you're in my circle of friends."(Courtesies by: Wolfgang A. Gerhardt)

Wolfgang A.Gerhardt : May be you like this Sunday collage

Cisca Zarmansyah : Before today, there never was a person doing this to me. You create a simple matter to look special. This is a special thing for me.

Cisca Zarmansyah : Thank you. I love it. I love you, my friend. ♥

CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Hmm, he's so nice...

"I am me.
In all the world,
there is no one else exactly like me.
Everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine,
because I alone chose it --
I own everything about me:
my body,
my feelings,
my mouth,
my voice,
all my actions,
whether they be to others or myself.
I own my fantasies,
my dreams,
my hopes,
my fears.
I own my triumphs and successes,
all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me,
I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By so doing,
I can love me
and be friendly with all my parts.
I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know
-- but as long as I am friendly
and loving to myself,
I can courageously and hopefully
look for solutions
to the puzzles and ways
to find out more about me.
However I look and sound,
whatever I say and do,
and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time
is authentically me.
If later some parts of how I looked,
sounded,
thought,
and felt
turn out to be unfitting,
I can discard that which is unfitting,
keep the rest,
and invent something new
for that which I discarded.
I can see,
hear,
feel,
think,
say, and do.
I have the tools to survive,
to be close to others,
to be productive,
and to make sense
and order out of the world of people
and things outside of me.
I own me,
and therefore,
I can engineer me.
I am me,
and I am okay."

VIRGINIA SATIR
(American Phychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)

About Me

"When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent. I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent. I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out. I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent. I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out." - Martin Niemöller